Links

Current events

• New York Times Science News

• Nat Geo Environment

Additional Sources for World History

• Modern World History Info and Quizzes
• British social and economic history
• The Inventors of the Industrial Revolution
• World War I - BBC
• World War I - PBS
• World War I - additional sources
• WW II Links to Investigation
• Battle of the Bulge
• Cold War Museum
• Bay of Pigs
• Gulf of Tonkin
• U2 Incident
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• SALT Talks
• Antebellum Overview
• Antebellum Quiz
• Constitution Quiz

• Helpful videos for things like test taking to active reading
• Handouts for active reading
• How to read a textbook
• Textbook reading strategies
• Reading academic texts critically

• Helpful US History sites - Elections, War, and a brief textbook

Elections, Help finding YOUR representatives in government

• Find your US House Member
• Find your California Legislative Members by address
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• **Orange County Sample Ballot finder**
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• Optional Sample Ballot Look-up
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• Official Voter Information Guide
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• Quick Guide to Propositions and Candidates
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• California Election Website - Secretary of State Debra Brown
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• Measures on the General Election Ballot 2012
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• Election Results Archive

Branches of Government

• House of Representatives positions
• Congress for kids
• Lots of links to Congress for Kids
• Ben Franklin's Guide to Government
• Executive Branch for kids
  Fact Monster - 3 branches